It's a small-attention-span world out there, and not everyone's interested in paging through lengthy tomes to deepen their intellect—or even to pick up enough knowledge to hold their own at bar trivia contests. With a tongue-in-cheek attitude but real information, this book fills that void next to the recliner as the go-to reference for digestible nuggets of knowledge, enlivened with standout features: Fast Facts are one-liners that deliver important information. Repeatable Quotables offer smart words by smart people to make readers look smart by repeating them. Visual Aids include graphs, charts, and tables for when even a few words are way too much, and Cheat Sheets give chapter-ending recaps that reinforce the major points on the subjects you just learned about.